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Gold Bug Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098491
MRDS ID M058428
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26552, 40.34355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Relative position 10,900 FT S 71 E OF BATES RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 35 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26552, 40.34355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 36 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Lakes Of Killarney Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District (West Dip Area)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1911
    Period 1911
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Averaging 65% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 65wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH WORKING IS COLLAPSE ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT LONG, WEST WORKING IS A SHALLOW SHAFT, EAST WORKING IS A SHAFT WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 FT OF TOTAL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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